12-month fixed-term contract | Likely extensions | Iconic Australian organisation
An iconic Australian organisation is seeking an experienced Portfolio Planning Lead to manage the intake, prioritisation and coordination of technology demand across multiple delivery teams.
This is not a traditional Project Manager role. Rather than owning the delivery of one individual project, you will provide portfolio-level visibility and governance, ensuring recent initiatives are properly assessed, prioritised and aligned with available capacity and strategic objectives.

Portfolio Planning Lead

What you'll be doing
Manage the intake and triage of new technology initiatives and business requests
Develop and maintain prioritisation frameworks that support informed investment decisions
Coordinate delivery demand, dependencies and capacity across multiple teams
Maintain visibility of the delivery pipeline, risks, constraints and competing priorities
Facilitate portfolio planning, governance and prioritisation forums
Translate business requirements into clear technology demand
Partner with delivery, product, architecture and business teams to improve planning outcomes




Prepare portfolio reporting and recommendations for senior and executive stakeholders
Identify bottlenecks and support the resolution of cross-team delivery challenges
Continuously improve demand-management and portfolio-governance processes

What you'll bring
Strong experience in demand management, portfolio planning, portfolio delivery or product operations
Demonstrated experience managing intake, triage and prioritisation processes
Experience with capacity planning and delivery pipeline management
Robust understanding of portfolio governance and prioritisation frameworks
Ability to coordinate work and dependencies across multiple delivery teams
Good technical literacy and the ability to translate between business and technology stakeholders
Strong relationship management, communication and influencing skills
Confidence working with senior and executive stakeholdersExperience within a complex enterprise technology workplace

This is an excellent opportunity to influence how technology demand is assessed, prioritised and delivered across a large and complex organisation.
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📌 Portfolio Planning Lead Melbourne
🏢 Talent
📍 Melbourne